001479978 000__ 05096nam\a22008655i\4500 001479978 001__ 1479978 001479978 003__ DE-B1597 001479978 005__ 20231026035119.0 001479978 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479978 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479978 008__ 230918t20122012nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479978 010__ $$a2011040796 001479978 020__ $$a9780814763377 001479978 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814761441.001.0001$$2doi 001479978 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547746 001479978 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479978 0410_ $$aeng 001479978 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001479978 05000 $$aJC330.3$$b.M57 2012 001479978 050_4 $$aJC330.3$$b.M57 2016 001479978 072_7 $$aPOL007000$$2bisacsh 001479978 08204 $$a303.34$$223 001479978 1001_ $$aMitchell, Neil James, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001479978 24510 $$aDemocracy's Blameless Leaders :$$bFrom Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing /$$cNeil James Mitchell. 001479978 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2012] 001479978 264_4 $$c©2012 001479978 300__ $$a1 online resource 001479978 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479978 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479978 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479978 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479978 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tPreface -- $$t1. Introduction -- $$t2. The Theory of the Fall Guy -- $$t3. Evading Accountability -- $$t4. Amritsar -- $$t5. Dresden -- $$t6. Londonderry -- $$t7. Beirut -- $$t8. Baghdad -- $$t9. Baghdad to Basra -- $$t10. A Tale of a Few Cities -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001479978 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479978 520__ $$aFrom the American and British counter-insurgency in Iraq to the bombing of Dresden and the Amristar Massacre in India, civilians are often abused and killed when they are caught in the cross-fire of wars and other conflicts. In Democracy's Blameless Leaders, Neil Mitchell examines how leaders in democracies manage the blame for the abuse and the killing of civilians, arguing that politicians are likely to react in a self-interested and opportunistic way and seek to deny and evade accountability.Using empirical evidence from well-known cases of abuse and atrocity committed by the security forces of established, liberal democracies, Mitchell shows that self-interested political leaders will attempt to evade accountability for abuse and atrocity, using a range of well-known techniques including denial, delay, diversion, and delegation to pass blame for abuse and atrocities to the lowest plausible level. Mitchell argues that, despite the conventional wisdom that accountability is a 'central feature' of democracies, it is only a rare and courageous leader who acts differently, exposing the limits of accountability in democratic societies. As democracies remain embroiled in armed conflicts, and continue to try to come to grips with past atrocities, Democracy's Blameless Leaders provides a timely analysis of why these events occur, why leaders behave as they do, and how a more accountable system might be developed. 001479978 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001479978 546__ $$aIn English. 001479978 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023) 001479978 650_0 $$aAtrocities$$vCase studies. 001479978 650_0 $$aCivilians in war$$xCrimes against$$vCase studies. 001479978 650_0 $$aCriminal liability (International law)$$vCase studies. 001479978 650_0 $$aDemocracy$$xMoral and ethical aspects$$vCase studies. 001479978 650_0 $$aGovernment accountability$$vCase studies. 001479978 650_0 $$aPolitical leadership$$xMoral and ethical aspects$$vCase studies. 001479978 650_4 $$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy$$2sh. 001479978 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001479978 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tNew York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$z9783110706444 001479978 7760_ $$cprint$$z9780814761441 001479978 852__ $$bebk 001479978 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814763377$$zOnline Access 001479978 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1479978$$pGLOBAL_SET 001479978 912__ $$a978-3-11-070644-4 New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001479978 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001479978 912__ $$aEBA_CL_SN 001479978 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001479978 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001479978 912__ $$aEBA_ECL_SN 001479978 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001479978 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001479978 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001479978 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001479978 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001479978 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001479978 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001479978 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001479978 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001479978 980__ $$aBIB 001479978 980__ $$aEBOOK 001479978 982__ $$aEbook 001479978 983__ $$aOnline